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Hands-on: Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses & Neural Band Offer a Glimpse of Future AR Glasses

The newly announced Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and the ‘Neural Band’ input device that comes with them, are still far from proper augmented reality. But Meta has made several clever design choices that will pay dividends once their true AR glasses are ready for the masses. The Ray-Ban Display glasses are a new category for […]

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Ray-Ban Meta Smartglasses Are About to Get Smarter with Object Recognition Beta

Ray-Ban and Meta’s second-generation smartglasses are slated to get a lot smarter starting this week, as the company launched an opt-in beta in the US that will hook in the device’s camera into AI-powered object recognition, powered in part by Microsoft’s Bing. Ray-Ban Meta Glasses were released in October shortly after the company launched its […]

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AR Startup Brilliant Labs Secures $3M Seed Funding from Oculus & Siri Co-founders

Brilliant Labs, an AR startup working to integrate AI into daily life, announced that it has raised $3 million in seed funding which it will use to expand its team and invest in R&D for its open-source, AI-powered smartglasses. The funding round was led by Brendan Iribe, co-founder of Oculus, Adam Cheyer, co-founder of Siri, […]

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Google Discontinues Glass Enterprise Edition Smartglasses
Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s work-focused version of its iconic but once maligned smartglasses, is being discontinued. Google says in a device support FAQ that, starting March 15th, it will no longer sell Glass Enterprise 2, adding that it will only support the device until September 15th, 2023. While the company says it’s not […]

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Xiaomi Unveils Consumer Smart Glasses with 50 MP Camera & Micro OLED Display
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi today unveiled a pair of smart glasses that the company is positioning as an addition to an active lifestyle, targeting consumers at 2,499 yuan (~$370). Called Mijia, the Google Glass-style device features a single display and two cameras: a 50 MP primary and 8 MP periscope camera, something the company says […]

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Mojo Vision Raises Additional $45M to Put Smart Contacts in the Eyes of Athletes
Mojo Vision announced it’s raised an additional $45 million in its Series B-1 investment round, something the company says will support further development of Mojo Lens, its early stage smart contact lens. Mojo Lens is ostensibly years away for commercialization, however the company announced at CES 2022 that it’s taking a step forward by partnering […]

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Mojo Vision Raises Additional $45M to Put Smart Contacts in the Eyes of Athletes
Mojo Vision announced it’s raised an additional $45 million in its Series B-1 investment round, something the company says will support further development of Mojo Lens, its early stage smart contact lens. Mojo Lens is ostensibly years away for commercialization, however the company announced at CES 2022 that it’s taking a step forward by partnering […]

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Xiaomi Teases Smart Glasses Concept with MicroLED Display & 5MP Camera
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi unveiled its first pair of smart glasses today, sensibly called Xiaomi Smart Glasses. They aren’t a product you can buy for now, as the company calls the concept device “an engineer’s look into an advanced future.” With the world’s largest smartphone manufacture expressing interest though, it may mean we’ll be hearing […]

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Facebook & Ray-Ban Launch $300 Stories Glasses, a Hybrid Between Snap Spectacles & Bose Frames
Facebook and Ray-Ban today unveiled Stories, a new line of tech-forward glasses the companies hope will pave the way for a future of smart and stylish AR devices. Stories appear to fit in the same category as the first three generations of Snap’s Spectacles, but also include integrated audio like Bose Frames, making them a […]

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Facebook’s Ray-Ban Smartglasses Get Their Big Reveal on Thursday
Facebook and Ray-Ban are collaborating on what promises to be a pair of smartglasses, something that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in July would “let you do some pretty neat things.” Well, the companies are getting ready to reveal the device on September 9th, 2021, so we’re sure to learn more then. Ray-Ban, a brand […]

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